Stuff for garments



Oct. 9, 1934.

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STUFF FR GARMENTS Filed May 22, 1935 vriz/f f5; (mw

Patented Oct. 9, 1934 .UNITED STATES STUFF Fon GABMEN'rs Heinrich Pferdmenges, Gcsenkirchen. near Rheydt, Germany Application May 22, 1933, Serial No. 672,322 In Germany August 15, 1931 2 Claims.

The invention described in the following `concerns a stuff intended for the manufacture of clothing or underwear, which is especially suitable for open-air, summer, and sporting-gar- 5 ments. It consists of a double texture, the lower texture of which is arranged in a manner entirely different from the upper texture.

Double textures, even such as show a difference of the arrangement and density of the upper and lower textures, are already known, however such stuffs do not attain the degree of permeability with regard to light and air that is attained by the stuff described. On the other hand, there are simple woven and knitted stuffs ,which are l5 permeable with regard to light and air. Such stuffs nearly in all cases possess comparatively only a very small degree of mechanical strength and closeness of texture. Clothes made of such stuffs usually are transparent to such a degree that, while they may be worn in closed-in. sporting and bathing-grounds, itis impossible to wear them in public. It has already been suggested in order to obtain permeability for -light, to interspin, or interweave glass threads with other fibrinous material; such textures, however, lack permeability for air. According to the invention, such disadvantages are remedied by a stuff, which, manufactured into clothing, is worn preferably alone and next to the skin. Garments manufactured fromv this stuff, on the whole, cover the body, and are practically non-transparent, but, on the other hand, owing to their special qualities, they offer suflicient penetration to the rays of light in order to enable the human skin to derive benet from the effects of light, especially the light of the sun, in a suicient but not exaggeratedly high degree.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan view in enlarged sc`a1e of the lower texture, which'has wide meshes and thick threads.

Figure 2 is a plan View in enlarged scale of the upper texture consisting of thin threads, which are of such density that the whole texture is practically non-transparent, but is permeable for the rays of the sun or air.

Fig. 3 is a cross section through the arrangement shown in Fig. 1.

The special characteristics of the'double texture employed for this purpose are the following: The lower texture 1, which bears all the strain of mechanical tension, consists of only few and very strong and thick warp and weft threads 2, 2 and 3, 3 preferably arranged in pairs and composed chiefly of cotton or linen, which are joined together either in the usual manner, or in form of loops, the upper texture 4, however, which is joined as at 5 to the lower .texture after the style of 4the well-known double textures, consists of mostly very fine threads, chiefly of linen, which are arranged more densely than those of the lower texture, but still leave enough space open in order to ensure that the texture, although practically non-transparent, still enables a sufficient amount of sunlight and air to pass through. It is to be noted that the intermediate spaces 6 of the outer or upper texture are atleast equal to half the thickness of the threads 2 and 3 of the inner or lower texture. At points where the thin texture overlie the threads of the inner texture, some of the warp and weft threads are omitted.

Garments manufactured from the new stuff offer the following advantages:

1. The garment, owing to its being non-transparent, can be worn at places that are exposed to the eye within towns, etc., now rendering it `possible for a great number of the public to enjoy the pleasures of a sun bath. Further it is possible, by wearing such clothing to combine in a pleasant manner occupation or work in gardens that are not closed-in, with the enjoyment of air, light and sun.

2. Sun-baths, when bearing such clothes, which allow access to only a part of the sun-rays, can be taken for any period of time, without any fear of sun-burnor any of the other accompanying effects experienced when the skin is exposed direct to the rays of the sun. If, however, the inuence of light and air is measured out in such a sensible manner, the body is strengthened, and public welfare is increased.

3. The impermeability to the rays of light of such stuffs is still more increased by the fact that these stuffs do not lie close to the skin owing to the strength of the lower texture, but fall like heavy stuffs. Even on those few places where the stuff does lie close to the body, the upper texture is separated from the body at least by the space corresponding to the thickness of the lower texture; in this manner a shadowed space is provided, which helps to prevent any part of the body being seen. v

4. Perspiration, if there still should be any developed at all, is easily absorbed by the texture owing to its great absorbing qualities, and is evaporated to the exterior. Therefore, the stui never feels damp and cold to the touch, and does not assume the appearance of being damp with perspiration. The sticky clamminess, which is otherwise so disagreeably felt in the case of fine underclothing and other stuffs saturated with perspiration, and the feeling of cold produced by them, is not felt at all in this case, partly owing to the rigidity of the lower texture, and partly because at the places, where the texture lies close to the body, it is not the whole surface, that touches the body, but only lines and separate points that come into contact with it, owing to the strong threads of the lower texture.

5. On the other hand, the skin is chafed, or rubbed in a most pleasant manner by the strong threads of the lower texture when walking or undergoing any other bodily exercise, especially, as the specic pressure of the stuff upon the skin, owing to the contact in lines or points which takes place here, is much greater than in the case of sting right through to the skin, but are kept away from the skin by the comparatively rigid stuff. Further, even on such places where the stuff lies close to the body, there is still the space lled by the lower texture.

8. Asvthe capacity of resistance of this stuff is caused nearly entirely by its rm, and openlywoven lower texture, the whole stui is very light and comfortable to wear, and nevertheless very durable when being worn or washed.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I de.- clare that' what I claim isf- 1. A stuff for the manufacture of cloth or underwear, especially suitable for open air, summer,

or sporting garments or underwear, comprising a double texture the inner of which lhas thick warp and weft threads arranged in pairs so as to provide wide meshes while the outer texture consists of thin threads which are of such density that the whole structure is practically non-transparent but is permeable-for the rays of the sun or the air. 2. A stun as claimed in claim 1, wherein the intermediate spaces of the outer texture are at least equal to half the thickness of the threads of the inner texture. l

HEINRICH PFERDMENGES. 

